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The First Roads We’ll Build on the Moon

Why IQ Tests Are Bad Math

CAPTAIN AI • IN 2022, A VESSEL WITH NO HUMANS ABOARD SET SAIL ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. WOULD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BE ENOUGH TO KEEP IT AFLOAT?

POPULAR MECHANICS 2023 Gadge AWARDS

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The Silver Bridge Was a Marvel of Engineering. THEN IT CAME CRASHING DOWN. • How a risky design, cost-cutting, and strange supernatural warnings changed a small town forever

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